1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910253934003321

Titolo

Protein Reviews : Volume 18 / / edited by M. Zouhair Atassi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-6922-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 203 p. 50 illus., 46 illus. in color.)

Collana

Protein Reviews, , 2520-1891 ; ; 966

Disciplina

574.19245

Soggetti

Proteins

Protein Structure

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mechanism of channel gating and regulation of the activity of calcium-activated chloride channel ANO1 -- Structure and function of the two-component cytotoxins of Staphylococcus aureus -- Membrane Fusion and Infection of the Influenza Hemagglutinin -- Deciphering the impact of arrhythmogenic mutations through the structural determination of the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel -- Histone post-translational modifications and nucleosome organisation in transcriptional regulation: Some open questions -- Regulation of the extracellular SERPINA5 (protein C inhibitor) penetration through cellular membranes -- Coding of Class I and II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases -- Regulation of nephrin phosphorylation in diabetes and chronic kidney injury -- The Structure-Forming Juncture in Oxidative Protein Folding: What happens in the ER? -- Polyspecificity of Anti-Lipid A Antibodies and its Relevance the Development of Autoimmunity.

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of the Protein Reviews is to serve as a publication vehicle for review articles that focus on crucial current vigorous aspects of protein structure, function, evolution and genetics. The volumes will appear online before they are published in a printed book. Articles are selected according to their importance to the understanding of biological systems, their relevance to the unravelling of issues associated with health and disease or their impact on scientific or technological advances and developments. The chapters in volume 18 are authored by experts in the field. They deal with aspects of structure and/or



biological activity of selected proteins. The chapters review current research of the following topics: the Mechanism of channel gating and regulation of the activity of calcium-activated chloride channel ANO1, Structure and function of the two-component cytotoxins of Staphylococcus aureus, Membrane Fusion and Infection involving the influenza virus hemagglutinin, The impact of arrhythmogenic mutations through the structural determination of the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel, Discussion of some open questions pertaining to histone post-translational modifications and nucleosome organization in transcriptional regulation, Regulation of the extracellular SERPINA5 (protein C inhibitor) penetration through cellular membranes, Coding of Class I and II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Nephrin phosphorylation in diabetes and chronic kidney injury, The structure-forming juncture in oxidative protein folding and the events in the ER, The polyspecificity of anti-lipid antibodies and its relevance to the development of autoimmunity. This volume is intended for research scientists, clinicians, physicians and graduate students in the fields of biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, immunology and genetics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958474403321

Autore

Smart Barry

Titolo

Foucault, Marxism and critique / / Barry Smart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-138-56664-0

1-135-17459-8

1-283-96494-5

0-203-09279-1

1-135-17460-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions.Michel Foucault ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Philosophy, Marxist

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1983.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; FOUCAULT, MARXISM AND CRITIQUE; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 On the limits and limitations of Marxism; 2 Marxism, theory and politics; 3 Reaction, revision and criticism; 4 Genealogy, critique and the analysis of power; 5 Discipline and social regulation; 6 Critical analyses of rationality; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this work, originally released in 1983, Barry Smart examines the relevance of Foucault's work for developing an understanding of those issues which lie beyond the limits of Marxist theory and analysis - issues such as 'individualising' forms of power, power-knowledge relations, the rise of 'the social', and the associated socialisation of politics. He argues that there exist clear and substantial differences between Foucault's genealogical analysis and that of Marxist theory. Smart thus presents Foucault's work as a new form of critical theory, whose object is a critical analysis of rationa